Mabel had just found all the ingredients she needed to make the cupcakes and had been hard at work in the kitchen making them.
The cupcakes were right now in the oven baking and Mabel was watching through the oven window at it eagerly. "Oh! I'm so excited!" she cried out happily. "In just five more minutes, these Get-Along cupcakes will be finished baking and I'll give them to Stan and Ford and they'll start getting along again!"
Just then, Mabel's twin brother, Dipper Pines entered the kitchen and his eyes widened at what he saw. There was his twin sister, standing in a messy kitchen with materials scattered around and pink goop sticking to the table and floor. "Whoa! What the heck happened happened here, Mabel?" he questioned. Then, a smell had hit him in his nostrils. He sniffed the air. "And what is that smell?"
"Oh hey, Dipper!" Mabel turned towards her brother with a smile. "I've been making Get-Along cupcakes! They're currently baking in the oven!"
"Wait…. Get-Along cupcakes?" Dipper asked, confused. "What are those?"
"They have the power to make people get-along, according to Grunkle Ford's journal!" Mabel told him happily. "I'm going to give it to Grunkle Stan and Ford! You see, Dipper, they have been fighting a lot, not being able to get along with each other at all, but once I give them these cupcakes, they'll bond again!"
Upon hearing what Mabel had just told him, Dipper's face grew concerned. "I'm not sure if you should do that, Mabel. Maybe you should let time decide when they'll make up and bond again."
"But Dipper!" Mabel whined. "Who knows when that will happen?! And based on the situation I saw, it looks like they'll never make up! Plus, I just can't stand hearing them fight anymore! With these cupcakes, they'll right away make up and stop bickering!"
Suddenly, the timer on the oven beeped.
"Oh! The cupcakes are done!" Mabel opened the oven and pulled out the cupcakes. The frosting was sparkling pink covered in rainbow sprinkles, with its smell being so fresh and nice. Mabel took a waft of its pleasing smell. "Ah! And it smells so good! Grunkle Stan and Ford won't be able to resist this!"
She looked up at Dipper with a look of determination. "Now if you'll excuse me, Dipper, I've got some grunkles to get together again!"
Mabel was about to walk past Dipper, but he stopped her. "Mabel, please. Think carefully about this. Do you really think this is a good idea? You know how sometimes when you use magic to solve a problem, it-"
"ALL IDEAS ARE GOOD IDEAS!" Mabel declared happily.
Dipper was about to say something again to convince her not to do it, but he could see that Mabel wasn't going to pay attention. She had left the room happily, excited to give the cupcakes to Stan and Ford and see them get along again, leaving Dipper alone.
Dipper sighed in frustration. Man, when his sister got an idea in her head that he wasn't sure was good to do, it sure was hard to let her go of it.
"GRUNKLE STAN! GRUNKLE FORD!" Mabel cried out excitedly. "I'VE GOT A SURPRISE FOR BOTH OF YOU!"
Soon, Ford emerged from the basement and Stan came paused upon setting up his latest attraction and they both walked up to their great niece, not looking so happy upon the disturbance.
"Mabel, what is it? I'm busy doing some important research down in the basement." Ford told her sternly.
"And I'm busy setting up some new attractions. Can this wait till later?" Stan asked in a grumpy tone.
Mabel shook her head, grinning and struggling to keep herself from giggling. "Nope! Besides, this won't take too long! I manly called you guys here to try these delicious cupcakes I baked earlier this afternoon!" She pulled out the tasty treats from behind her back and happily presented it to her two grunkles. "Plus you guys could use a tasty snack after all that hard work you guys have done!"
Upon hearing that, Stan brightened. "Well, I can't argue there! Besides I could use a snack!"
He picked up a freshly baked cupcake from the tray.
Mabel beamed and turned towards Ford and held up the tray towards his face. "What about you, Grunkle Ford? Do you want a cupcake as well?"
Ford shook his head. "Maybe later, Mabel. I really have to-"
"AW COME ON, GRUNKLE FORD! PLEASE STAY AND TRY ONE!" Mabel whined. She knew the get-along cupcakes wouldn't work unless Ford was in the room with Stan too. She putted on fake tears that would make Ford unable to say no to her cute face.
"Mabel, I-"
"PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE!"
Ford sighed. He could see that his great niece wasn't going to stop unless he said yes. "Oh, alright, Mabel. I'll try just one cupcake for you." He picked up the treat from the pan.
A big grin appeared on Mabel's face. In just a few moments, it was going to happen. Once they took a bite out of their cupcake, they would look into each other's eyes and finally get along again.
She excitedly watched eagerly as Ford and Stan each took a bite out of their cupcakes.
At that exact moment, Soos and Wendy entered the room.
Ford swallowed the cupcake and as soon as he looked up directly at Soos' eyes, his eyes widened and a big smile appeared on his face. "Hey, there Soos! How's it going?" He asked happily as he strolled up to Soos.
Upon this scene, Mabel frowned and gasped in shock. Why was Ford suddenly nice with Soos? He was supposed to be nice with Stan!
Soos looked at Ford in surprise. Ford had never spoken to him before. "Uh, it's going okay, second Mr. Pines," Soos answered, after recovering from the shock that Ford was speaking to him for the first time ever.
Ford laughed. "That's good to hear, buddy!" he playfully put his arm around Soos. "Say! Wanna go out and do something?"
"Uh…. well, I was going to go out and play video games at my grandma's."
"Wow! That's a brilliant idea, Soos! I never played video games before, but I'd love to give it a try! Can you teach me?"
"Uh…. sure." Soos answered. "If you want to, second Mr. Pines."
"Of course I do buddy!" Ford playfully nudged Soos in the arm. "Now come on to your grandma's house!"
Ford excitedly ran out the door of the shack.
"Hmm, I didn't think that the second Mr. Pines would like me that much," Soos thought aloud. He then shrugged and laughed. "Oh well, maybe he just wants to get to know me better!" He then ran off after Ford.
Mabel stared at it all in shock, her mouth wide opened. Wendy trotted up to join her with the same expression on her face. "Wow. I didn't know that Stan's brother wanted to hang out and bond with Soos."
Mabel couldn't think of anything to say. She just silently nodded.
"Hey Wendy!" a joyful voice cried out behind them.
Wendy and Mabel slowly turned and saw Stan with an empty cupcake paper on the table next to him, looking at Wendy in a friendly way.
He walked up to Wendy with a big grin plastered across his face. "Look, I'm sorry I've been so rough with you before. I treated you very poorly since you came to work at my shack. But today, I strangely realise my mistake and I would like to make up for it by spending the entire day bonding with you!"
"WHAT?" Wendy gasped. Stan never acted like that towards her. She eyed him up and down. "Mr. Pines, are you feeling alright?"
"I am better than okay Wendy!" he bellowed happily as he put her arm around her. "Now come on, let's go out for some ice cream and bond! I'll buy it with my own money!"
He clutched on to her arm and dragged a very confused and shocked Wendy out of the shack.
Mabel watched as they left with a very shocked expression on her face with her mouth dropped wide open and her eyes as big as saucers. She couldn't understand what had just happened for the past few minutes. Ford went out to bond with Soos and Stan had gone off with Wendy to bond with her, but that wasn't what Mabel had wanted! Her plan was to get Stan and Ford to bond with each other! Why didn't that happen?